Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be.

Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.

You must endeavor to seem interested in the conversations of others

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also because it will take more than dancing to cheer me up.

Above all things, respect yourself.

They're gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I'm not gonna ever crash. I'm in control.

After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.